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indiana, toll road, great success? i don't know. ask the people in indiana who use the toll road right now. where did it go, to the toll road? no but other transportation projects in the state. meanwhile investigators have changed over, tolls are going through the roof. you ask the users out there and it's a different story. maybe it goes back to the issue that if the money is dedicated into the infrastructure, that works. if it's bled off for other good purposes, don't get me wrong, good government purposes, that's a whole other story because i think it reflects our perspective of user finance, user paid system. >> i wrote about this earlier this year for "national journal" and one of the things i believe is actually from your staff we were talking about is that the real problem in public private partnerships you have very big investors who are sophisticated in dealing with local governments who are not sophisticated. i think what mr. mica is trying to do on his staff is come up with ways the government can equalize the balance a l
indiana, toll road, great success? i don't know. ask the people in indiana who use the toll road right now. where did it go, to the toll road? no but other transportation projects in the state. meanwhile investigators have changed over, tolls are going through the roof. you ask the users out there and it's a different story. maybe it goes back to the issue that if the money is dedicated into the infrastructure, that works. if it's bled off for other good purposes, don't get me wrong, good...
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>> he had some positions in indiana and other places and had some history of accomplishments. not a great deal. clay was expecting to get the presidency. it was a time when the whig party thought it would win. we policies look like they would be needed to get out of the depression. they had a great shot of beating the incumbent, martin van buren. this is one of the examples where henry clay is not a good politician. he had been in congress, but was not a good manager. he trusted his own instincts too much. he did not take the advice of other people. they got a rule changed in the condition that clay, who had the majority of the vote, now said they would vote by delegation. however the state voted, the whole state voted for that person. harrison realize that clay was very important in the whig party. he wanted to make peace, not have clay on the opposite side. clay basically said he would rather stay where he is because he thinks there are more important things to do there and he does not want to be associated with harrison. >> our next caller is bill in lexington, ky. >> i am
>> he had some positions in indiana and other places and had some history of accomplishments. not a great deal. clay was expecting to get the presidency. it was a time when the whig party thought it would win. we policies look like they would be needed to get out of the depression. they had a great shot of beating the incumbent, martin van buren. this is one of the examples where henry clay is not a good politician. he had been in congress, but was not a good manager. he trusted his own...
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indiana, toll road, great success. ask the people in indiana. where did that money go? it went into other transportation projects. the investors have changed over in indiana, tolls are going to the roof, and if you ask users, it is a different story. if the money is dedicated, it works. if it bleeds off to other purposes, that is another story, because it reflects our perspective of user financed, user-pay systems. >> i wrote about this earlier and one of the things i believed that was from your staff that we were talking about the problem in public-private partnerships is you have very big investors who are dealing with local governments who are not sophisticated. when of the things that chairman is trying to do on his that is come up with ways that the government can help equalize that balance. the only other point i would make and this is coming from afta, the only -- there are only 24 states accused these partnerships, and 65% of those charges occurred only in eight states. it works in some places and not in others read moving on to a more political question, the ea
indiana, toll road, great success. ask the people in indiana. where did that money go? it went into other transportation projects. the investors have changed over in indiana, tolls are going to the roof, and if you ask users, it is a different story. if the money is dedicated, it works. if it bleeds off to other purposes, that is another story, because it reflects our perspective of user financed, user-pay systems. >> i wrote about this earlier and one of the things i believed that was...
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the one on our list is eugene debs of terre haute indiana. what do you think of him? >> i think of a principled guy who was at the forefront of the labor movement. i think he was a labor leader. he runs on the socialist ticket. he was a guy who wants to break the trusts and give the working man power. we are in a time now where we are talking about public employees unions. there was no such thing. he was talking about people who work with their hands for a living and do dangerous things. he fought for the right to organize. his day came, but not in his time. >> he was also outspoken in his opposition to world war i. he was, for his pains, thrown in jail by woodrow wilson, the great champion of self- determination. he was ultimately pardoned by an even unlikely your character, warren g. harding. what ever else you say about him, was a kind, a genial -- he wanted debs to come visit him at christmas time. he wanted to meet him. >> he ran in 1900,>> i think ofg american socialism. we forget now, when we throw this pejorative out to the democrats that socialism at the turn
the one on our list is eugene debs of terre haute indiana. what do you think of him? >> i think of a principled guy who was at the forefront of the labor movement. i think he was a labor leader. he runs on the socialist ticket. he was a guy who wants to break the trusts and give the working man power. we are in a time now where we are talking about public employees unions. there was no such thing. he was talking about people who work with their hands for a living and do dangerous things....
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susan from indiana. caller: there is no bill, nothing to vote on yet because this is just so for a speech and we have no idea what is going to be in the bill. they should get warren buffett and his friends to pay for it. open an account. they should be able to pay for it. it took three years for him to recognize that small business gets the job done, not government. guest: there is no bill. you're quite right. the devil is always in the details. we deceive the specifics, the legislative language -- we need to see the specifics. with respect to generating revenue, i think the very best way we can generate additional revenue is to put 14 million people back to work. the best way to rein in our deficit and for us to increase our economic activity is to reduce the number of people who are unemployed and underemployed. i am hopeful this plan will be a start of the effort to do that. host: did the white house reach out to house democrats prior to the speech? guest: not that i'm aware of. they may have reached
susan from indiana. caller: there is no bill, nothing to vote on yet because this is just so for a speech and we have no idea what is going to be in the bill. they should get warren buffett and his friends to pay for it. open an account. they should be able to pay for it. it took three years for him to recognize that small business gets the job done, not government. guest: there is no bill. you're quite right. the devil is always in the details. we deceive the specifics, the legislative...
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live from the home in indiana. get a preview had watched some of our other videos ever our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. >> former president jimmy carter and his wife talked about domestic and global issues. topics include a middle east politics, cuba, china, and some of the projects that the carter center is involved in. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> they founded the not-for- profit center 29 years ago and since then, the program has helped improve the lives of millions of people and in more than 70 countries. the carters are the hardest working volunteers, traveling around the world, working with staff to monitor elections, resolve conflicts, promote human rights, and eradicate diseases. a working side-by-side with the poorest and often forgotten people. their vision for a world of peace and guides all of our work at the carter center. and serves as an inspiration for millions of people are around the world seeking a better way of life. it is with great admiration that we welcome
live from the home in indiana. get a preview had watched some of our other videos ever our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. >> former president jimmy carter and his wife talked about domestic and global issues. topics include a middle east politics, cuba, china, and some of the projects that the carter center is involved in. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> they founded the not-for- profit center 29 years ago and since then, the program has helped improve...
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. >> sarah palin it will be the speaker in indiana, beginning live nin set -- noon saturday. >> live sunday, ellis smith. >> ray lahood joined with business and labour representatives to discuss ideas for creating jobs for the nation's infrastructure. the meeting took place at southern mess of this university in dallas. i am honored to be here. we are holding what we call listening sessions on particular issues. the issue we're talking about today is infrastructure and its role in creating jobs and a competitive economy in the future. there is strong labor and business support for this. we have tom donahue and the chamber is a supporter it infrastructure spending. i would like to think about the support. economists disagree on a lot of thing, but there is overwhelming support to the view that spending on infrastructure is a very efficient way to create jobs. and it also creates an infrastructure base for the competitiveness thfor the econoy going forward. we welcome youoday and we are here to say something about what we're thinking about. but our ideas are in development. we are set
. >> sarah palin it will be the speaker in indiana, beginning live nin set -- noon saturday. >> live sunday, ellis smith. >> ray lahood joined with business and labour representatives to discuss ideas for creating jobs for the nation's infrastructure. the meeting took place at southern mess of this university in dallas. i am honored to be here. we are holding what we call listening sessions on particular issues. the issue we're talking about today is infrastructure and its...